Supported Features - Virtual Server iDataAgent

System Requirements Supported Features  

The following table lists the features that are supported by this Agent.

Feature

Sub-Feature

Support

Comments

Advanced Backup/Archive Options

Data tab - Catalog

Data tab - Create New Index

Data tab - Verify Synthetic Full

Job Retry tab

Media tab - Allow other Schedule to use Media Set

Media tab - Mark Media Full on Success

Media tab - Reserve Resources Before Scan

Media tab - Start New Media

Startup tab

VaultTracking tab

Comments

Advanced File System iDataAgent Options

Automatic File System Multi-Streaming

On Demand Data Protection Operation

Restore by Jobs

Restore Data Using a Map File

Comments

Alerts and Monitoring

Global Alerts

Job-Based Alerts*

Comments

Automatic Updates

Automatic Updates

Comments

Backup/Archive Options

Differential Backup

Full Backup

Incremental Backup

Other Backup Types

Synthetic Full Backup

Comments

Backward Compatibility

Version 7

Version 8

Comments

Browse

Browse from Copy Precedence

Browse the Latest Data

Exclude Data Before

Find

Full Backup Transparent Browse

Image Browse

No Image Browse

Page Size

Specify Browse Path

Specify Browse Time

Subclient Browse

Use MediaAgent

View All Versions

Comments

Find is supported for VMware File-Level backups.

Find is not supported for Hyper-V and Xen agents.

Clustering

Netware cluster

Unix Cluster

Windows - Microsoft Cluster (MSCS)

Windows - Non-Microsoft Cluster

Comments

In a Hyper-V cluster, virtual machines are supported by installing the Virtual Server iDataAgent on all physical nodes of the cluster.

Command Line Interface

Command Line Interface

Comments

Command Line Interface - Specific Commands

Qcreate - Backup set/SubClient

Qcreate - Instance

Qdelete - Backup set/Subclient

Qdelete - Client/Agent

Qlist globalfilter

Qmodify - instance

Qoperation - Backup

Qoperation - move

Qoperation - Restore

CommentsQdelete backupset is not supported.

For Qcreate subclient, virtual machines can be discovered by the client.

For Qoperation-Restore, an out-of-place restore is supported using Save as Script or Argument File. For more information, refer to Command Line Interface.

CommCell Migration

CommCell Migration

Comments

Content Indexing

Offline Content Indexing

Comments

Data Aging

Basic Retention Rules

Extended Retention Rules

Unique Data Aging Rules

Comments

Data Classification Enabler

Data Classification Enabler

Comments

Data Compression

Client Compression

Hardware Compression

MediaAgent Compression

Comments

Data Encryption

Data Encryption Support

Third-party Command Line Encryption Support

Comments

Deduplication

MediaAgent Deduplication

Source Deduplication

Comments

Erase Backup/Archived Data

Erase Data by Browsing

Erase Stubs

Comments

Global Filters

Global Filters

CommentsGlobal Filters are not supported for Xen backups.

Installation

Custom Package

Decoupled Install

Remote Install

Restore Only Agents

Silent Install

Comments

Installing 32-bit Components on a Microsoft Windows x64 Platform

Install 32-bit On x64

Comments

Job Restart - Data Protection

Not Restartable

Restarts from the Beginning

Restarts from the Beginning of the Database

Restarts from the Point-of-Failure

CommentsJob Restarts are not supported for Xen backups.

Job Restart - Data Recovery

Not Restartable

Restarts from the Beginning

Restarts from the Beginning of the Database

Restarts from the Point-of-Failure

CommentsJob Restarts are not supported for Xen backups.

List Media

List Media and Size Associated with Specific Files and/or Folders

List Media Associated with a Specific Backup Set, Instance or Subclient

List Media Associated with Index

List Media Associated with Specific Jobs

CommentsFor List Media associated with Specific Files, not supported for File-Level Browse operations from Disk or Volume-Level Backups.

For List Media associated with Specific Jobs, supported at the File-level.

Multi Instancing

Multi Instance

CommentsMulti Instancing is not supported for SnapProtect Backup.

Pre/Post Processes

Pre/Post Process with Data Protection and Recovery

Comments

Restore/Recover/Retrieve Destinations

Cross-Application Restores (Different Application version)

Cross-Platform Restores - Different Operating System

Cross-Platform Restores - Same Operating System - Different Version

In-place Restore - Same path/ destination - Same Client

Out-of-place Restore - Different path/ destination

Out-of-place Restore - Same path/ destination - Different Client

Restore Data Using a Map File

Restore to Network Drive /NFS-Mounted File System

Comments

Restore/Recover/Retrieve Options

Automatic Detection of Regular Expressions

Filter Data From Recover Operations

Rename/ Redirect Files on Restore

Restore Data Using Wildcard Expressions

Restore Data with Pre/Post Processes

Restore from Copies

Skip Errors and Continue

Use Exact Index

Use MediaAgent

Comments

Restore/Recover/Retrieve Overwrite Options

Overwrite Files

Overwrite if file on media is newer

Restore only if target exists

Unconditional Overwrite

Unconditionally overwrite only if target is a DataArchiver stub

CommentsUnconditional Overwrite for existing messages.

Schedule Policy

Agent Specific Data Protection Schedule Policy

All Agent Types Schedule Policy

Comments

Storage Policies

Incremental Storage Policy*

Standard Storage Policies

Comments

Storage Policy Copies

Data Multiplexing

Data Verification

Job Based Pruning

Manual Retention

Mark Job Disabled

Selective Copy

CommentsData Multiplexing is not supported for more than one stream to a single tape within a job. Multi-streaming is supported, but each stream must use a different tape. The data on a tape can be multiplexed with a different job, but not with another stream of the same job.

Subclient Policies

SubClient Policy

Comments

Upgrade

Netware - Local

Unix/Linux/Macintosh - Local

Unix/Linux/Macintosh - Silent

Upgrade from CommCell Console

Windows - Local

Windows - Remote (Push)

Windows - Silent

Comments

User Administration and Security

Backup Set/Archive Set

Subclient

Comments

 



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